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...once fabulously rich deposits along the Yukon's Klondike have made Canada the second largest gold-producing nation in the world (first, by a long shot: the Union of South Africa). But gold has been neglected almost since war's start. Draft-riddled companies have seen employment dive about 40%, have watched production skid from 5,879,696 fine ounces ($205,789,392 at $35 an ounce) in 1941 to 3,649,671 fine ounces last year...
...Dive--won by H. Pastel V-12 (H), 75 points; second, Hun (M.I.T.), 74 points...
...events in the meet will include a 300-yard medley, 220-yard medley, 50-yard medley, fancy dive, 100-yard swim, 150-yard backstroke, 200-yard breaststroke, 440-yard free-style, and a 400-yard relay, in all probability, there will be no civilian or mixed teams this year, as the pool is in continuous use by classes of undergraduates and servicemen...
...Their fortifications had been softened by 3,500 tons of bombs dumped on the Cape Gloucester area in almost daily raids since Dec. 1-the most sustained aerial attack of the Southwest Pacific war. Too late to hinder the American landing, the enemy sent over strongly escorted medium and dive bombers. At a cost of 61 planes, the Jap air arm sank one U.S. ship, damaged three others, shot down seven U.S. planes...
...task ships waited for word. One hour after the takeoff it came: "Enemy taken by surprise." Kwajalein's roomy lagoon (80 miles long, 20 miles at the widest) was full of shipping: sampans, inter-island craft, seagoing merchantmen, tankers, warships. Said a U.S. pilot: "It was a dive bomber's paradise, and we turned it into a Japanese hell." The score after ten minutes of concentrated attack: two light cruisers, one oiler, three cargo transports sunk; one troop transport, three cargo transports damaged; grounded planes and shore installations hard...